Berlin (Rostock), Germany

Rostock is a city in northeastern Germany, in Mecklenburg-West Pomerania, on the estuary of the Warnow River, near the Baltic Sea. It serves as a gateway to Berlin. In Berlin, step back into the city's turbulent past at the Brandenburg Gate, once closed between East and West Berlin, then reopened in 1989 when the Berlin Wall came down. View the famous sculpture of Queen Nefertiti at the Egyptian Museum, or wander among the shops and cafes of the Kurfurstendamm and Unter den Linden, two of the city's historic boulevards. Tourists staying at port can stroll past the fishermen's cottages on the old Alter Strom harbor.